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Santa Clara continues to lead defending national champion North Carolina 1-0 at halftime in their NCAA semifinal match in Greensboro, N.C. The Broncos have had the better of play in the first half, controlling much of the possession. In addition to Mandy Clemens’ 28th minute goal, Santa Clara also had a superb scoring chance in […]

Dec. 5 in Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 2 Santa Clara 1. Goals: Fair (Fettig) 50:38, Confer 68:28; Clemens (Serlenga, Little) 28:09. North Carolina — Mullinix, Wilson, Fettig, Fair, Roberts, Falk, McDowell, Schwoy, Confer, Parlow, McDonald. Subs: Stoecker, Karvelsson, Florance, Whittier. Santa Clara — Gordon, Aldama, Nanez, Pickup, Bivens, Albrecht, Serlenga, Hollis, Little, Clemens, Horvath. Subs: […]

Connecticut leads Notre Dame 1-0 at halftime of their NCAA semifinal in Greensboro, N.C. The Fighting Irish dominated the first half, as a large portion of the period was spent in Connecticut’s end of the field. The Irish hit the woodwork three times and had two shots cleared off the line by UConn defenders. In […]

North Carolina has defeated Santa Clara 2-1 in their NCAA semifinal match in Greensboro, N.C. The Tar Heels controlled most of the second half, putting Santa Clara under tremendous pressure. UNC had a good chance to score a third goal when forward Raven McDonald got free on a breakaway, but her shot went wide. A […]

Robin Confer scored in the 67th minute to give North Carolina a 2-1 lead over Santa Clara. Confer’s goal was unassisted — a 35-yard free kick.

Santa Clara continues to lead defending national champion North Carolina 1-0 at halftime in their NCAA semifinal match in Greensboro, N.C. The Broncos have had the better of play in the first half, controlling much of the possession. In addition to Mandy Clemens’ 28th minute goal, Santa Clara also had a superb scoring chance in […]

Dec. 5 in Greensboro, N.C. Connecticut 2 Notre Dame 1. Goals: Whalen (Carlson) 41:01, Whalen (J.Tietjen) 64:37; Streiffer (Manthei) 76:01. Connecticut — H.Stone, Dorn, McCann, Flowers, F.Barnes, S.Barnes, Molinaro, M.Tietjen, J.Tietjen, Whalen, Landeen. Subs: N.Stone, Spinelli, Carlson. Notre Dame — Beene, Lindsey, Grubb, Sobrero, Boxx, Brown, Makinen, Manthei, Streiffer, Erikson, Gerardo. Subs: Heft, Gonzales. Yellow […]

Connecticut has defeated Notre Dame 2-1 in their NCAA semifinal match in Greensboro, N.C. The Irish pressed hard for an equalizer, but the Husky defense completed a marvelous game by holding off the repeated attacks. Notre Dame came close with three minutes remaining, when UConn keeper Heather Stone made a fine play to snag a […]

Jenny Streiffer scored in the 76th minute to cut the Connecticut lead to 2-1. Notre Dame had a shot cleared off the line by a UConn defender. Holly Manthei corraled the clearance and drilled a ball into the box, where Streiffer (one of three charging Irish players) nailed it home with a diving header.

Sara Whalen scored in the 65th minute to give UConn a 2-0 lead over Notre Dame in their NCAA semifinal. The Huskies, playing with increasing confidence as the second half progressed, had previously had several dangerous counterattacking opportunities in which they utilized the tremendous speed of their frontrunners. In the 65th minute, Jennifer Tietjen made […]

Mandy Clemens scored in the 28th minute to give Santa Clara a 1-0 lead over North Carolina in their national semifinal match in Greensboro, N.C. Jacqui Little beat a pair of UNC defenders with a fine run and then sent a pass to Nikki Serlenga along the left side of the box. Serlenga made a […]

Now that the 1998 World Cup Draw is official, we'd like to know your thoughts on the tournament six months out. Who got the best draw? Who will struggle in the ''group of death''? What do you think about the group the United States has been drawn into — do the Americans have a good […]

Dec. 4 in Marseilles Europe 2 Rest of the World 5. Goals: Lacatus 1, Zidane 61; De Avila 17, Ronadlo 22, 43, Batistuta 31, 37. Europe — Koepke (Germany), Pfeifenberger (Austria), Costacurta (Italy), Hierro (Spain), Lacatus (Romania), Lemoine (Belgium), Balakov (Bulgaria), Ince (England), Kluivert (Netherlands), Zidane (France), Boksic (Croatia). Subs: Grodas (Norway), Durie (Scotland), Jokanovic […]

Here is the draw for the 1998 World Cup: Group A — Brazil, Scotland, Morocco, Norway Group B — Italy, Chile, Cameroon, Austria Group C — France, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Denmark Group D — Spain, Nigeria, Paraguay, Bulgaria Group E — Netherlands, Belgium, South Korea, Mexico Group F — Germany, USA, Yugoslavia, Iran Group […]

Here is the schedule for the 1998 World Cup: FIRST ROUND Group A June 10 5:30 pm in St. Denis BRAZIL vs. SCOTLAND June 10 9:00 pm in Montpellier MOROCCO vs. NORWAY June 16 5:30 pm in Bordeaux SCOTLAND vs. NORWAY June 16 9:00 pm in Nantes BRAZIL vs. MOROCCO June 23 9:00 pm in […]

The man who led the detractors against Bora Milutinovic has been named his replacement. Manuel Lapuente, the Necaxa coach who spoke out against Milutinovic at every opportunity, took the reins Nov. 28, four days after Milutinovic was fired despite qualifying Mexico for France ’98. Lapuente has had success at the domestic level, having won the […]

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Here is the schedule for the 1998 World Cup: Note: all times local FIRST ROUND Group A June 10 5:30 pm in St. Denis Brazil vs. A2 June 10 9:00 pm in Montpellier A3 vs. A4 June 16 5:30 pm in Bordeaux A2 vs. A4 June 16 9:00 pm in Nantes Brazil vs. A3 June […]

Features Soccer America Q&A: Charlie Stillitano Interview by Duncan Irving Will Liverpool Appeal For Friedel? By Ridge Mahoney Tricolores’ Lesson: ‘The Public Is King’ By Paul Kennedy Ba Succeeds At Father’s Urging By Paul Kennedy Kaiserslautern Has Historic Halfway Lead Cole, Sheringham Steer United Into Quarterfinals Can Magyar Soccer Solve Crisis? Columns Soccer Talk — […]

Here are the finalists for the 1997 MAC Collegiate Player of the Year awards, which will be presented Jan. 9, 1998 in St. Louis. Men’s Award: Lazo Alavanja (Jr., Indiana), Leo Cullen (Sr., Maryland), Daniel Hernandez (Sr., SMU) and Johnny Torres (Sr., Creighton). Women’s Award: Justi Baumgardt (Sr., Portland), Holly Manthei (Sr., Notre Dame), Cindy […]

The United States and its two fellow CONCACAF nations, Mexico and Jamaica, will be placed in a pot with the five African qualifiers to World Cup ’98, FIFA announced today. The U.S. will be drawn into a four-team group with one of the eight seeded teams (Brazil, Argentina, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Romania), […]

U.S. Soccer President Alan Rothenberg announced today that U.S. Soccer has exercised its option to retain Steve Sampson as head coach of the U.S. national team. Sampson, the U.S. coach since 1995, will guide the team through the 1998 World Cup. “Steve Sampson and his players have been given a number of great challenges, and […]

Dec. 2 in Tokyo Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2 Cruzeiro (Brazil) 0. Goals: Zorc 34, Herrlich 85. Borussia Dortmund — Klos, Feiersinger, Reuter, Cesar, Freund, Sousa, Zorc (Kirovski, 80), Heinrich, Moeller, Herrlich, Chapuisat (Decheiver, 75). Cruzeiro — Dida, Vitor, Goncalves, Joao Carlos, Fabinho, Ricardinho, Elivelton, Palacios, Cleisson (Marcelo, 64), Bebeto, Donizete. Att.: 55,000.

FIFA has announced the eight seeded teams for the 1998 World Cup. Each team will play in a different group at France ’98. France, the host, will be in Group C, while defending champion Brazil will play in Group A. The other seeded teams are: Germany, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Romania. The draw itself […]

Nov. 30 in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia 5 Georgetown 1. Goals: Olsen (Albright, West) 18:13, Leonard (Trout, Olsen) 24:59, Trout 26:14, Olsen 40:01, O’Donnell (Trout, Targhetta) 82:24; Kuello (McKitrick) 63:15. Virginia — Yetso, Chulis, Green, Vermillion, Trout, Albright, Shapowal, Franklin, West, Olsen, Leonard. Subs: Prince, O’Donnell, Targhetta, Laughlin, Forensich. Georgetown — Purtill, Boehling, Dillard, Helfrich, Bednarz, […]